Railway-signal.



No 805,872. PATENTED NOV. 28, 1905.

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RAILWAY SIGNAL.

APPLICATION FILED 141111.20, 1905.

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PATENTED NOV. 28, 1905.

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CHARLES M. MOGEHEE, OF BEAVERDAIWI, VIRGINIA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 28, 1905.

Application filed March 20, 1905, Serial No. 251,108.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES M. MoGEHnE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Beaverdam, in the county of Hanover and State of Virginia,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Signals, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to railway-signals, and has for its objects toprovide a comparatively simple device of this character which may beinexpensively produced and installed, one wherein the signal-lamps willbe at all times thoroughly protected against inclement weather, one inwhich the semaphore-arms may be properly manipulated and the lampsreadily lowered for cleaning, filling, or other necessary attention andreadjusted to signaling position, and at the same time one wherebynecessity for the operator leaving his office to operate or attend thesignals is wholly obviated. I

Further objects of the invention are to provide simple efficient meansfor operating the signaling devices, a signal apparatus which may beemployed for block or train-order systems, and one which will overcomethe necessity for stopping fast or through trains to receive what areknown as caution-cards.

To these ends the invention comprises the novel features of constructionand combination of parts more fully hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of asignaling device em bodying the invention, a part of the casing beingbroken away. Fig. 2 is a detail side elevation of a portion of the post,showing another position of the semaphores. Fig. 3 is a detail view ofone of the semaphore-arms. Fig. 4 is a front elevation, partly insection, showingaslightly-diiferentembodiment of the invention. Fig. 5is a side sectional elevation of the same. Fig. 6 is a horizontalsectional plan on the line 6 6 of Fig. 4.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a hollow post composed of sheetmetal and constituting a box or casing, preferably of rectangular formin cross-section and sustained by a rigid vertical standard or support2, to which it is attached in any appropriate manner, said casing beingequipped with a door 3 and having formed in its side walls 4, which faceparallel with the road, a plurality ofo'ppositely-disposed openings orbulls-eyes 5, by preference arranged three on each side and invertically-spaced relation.

Housed within the casing 1 is a series of three lamps 6, spacedvertically to accord with the spacing of the bulls-eyes and suspendedupon a cable or analogous flexible element 7, arranged for travel over apulley 8, suitably sustained at the top of the casing, the cable beingthreaded through staple-guides 9 in the casing and normally wound at itslower end upon a drum or Windlass 10, journaled in bearings at the lowerend of the casing and provided with an operating-crank 11. It is well tomention at this point that the lower end of the casing and the Windlasswill in practice be situated within the signaling-house, and thus freelyaccessible to the operator, whereby he may without leaving his officelower the lamps for filling, trimming, or giving other necessaryattention thereto and thereafter readjust them in signaling position.

Fulcrumed upon the side walls l of the easing, upon pintles or axles 12,is a plurality of semaphore-arms 13, corresponding in number to thenumber of bulls-eyes 5 and disposed, respectively, adjacent to and forcooperation with the latter. These arms are each provided with a pair ofbulls-eyes contrastingly colored and termed, respectively, the pri marybulls eye 14 and the auxiliary bulls-eye 15, either of which may bebrought into register with the adjacent opening or bulls-eye 5. Theaxles 12 are strengthened by braces 16 and the arms or paddles eachprovided with a hub 17, having a projection or pin 18, to which isfastened one end of an operating rope or element 19, designed foroperation to swing the semaphore on its pivot. The operating-ropes 19,which correspond in number to the number of semaphores, are threadedthrough staple-guides 20 and are operable from within thesignaling-house, as in the instance of the rope 7.

In practice the post 1 stands in position for the semaphores on one sideto be employed in signaling trains approaching from one direction andthose on the other side trainsapproacl ing in an opposite direction,while the pins 18 normally stand horizontally with the arms 13vertically disposed, as seen in Fig 2, under which conditions thebulls-eyes 5 will register with and be covered by the secondarybulls-eyes 15 of the semaphores, these latter bulls-eyes all beingtransparent. It is to be observed in this connection that the primarybulls-eyes of the upper and lower semaphores, which are designed foruse, respectively, in block systems and train-order signaling, arecolored red, while the corresponding bullseye of the intermediatesemaphore, which serves as asubstitute for the usual cautioncard, isgreen, the paddles of the semaphores being colored in part to agree withthe color of their respective primary bulls-eyes. When it is desired tosignal an approaching train, the operating-cord of the proper semaphoreis released, whereupon the arm, which is suitably weighted for thepurpose, will swing by gravity to horizontal position, with'its bullseye14 covering the adjacent opening 5. After the train has passed, the armis returned to normal position through the medium of the operating-cord,which may then be secured.

Referring to Figs. l, 5, and 6, in which certain features of the deviceare brought to a higher order of perfection, it will be seen that withinthe casing 1 there are provided a pair of oppositely-disposed verticaltracks or guides 21, on which the lamps 6 are arranged for travel, thelamps being in this instance provided with seats or recesses 22 toreceive the guides. Also in this form of the device the lamps are hungupon an endless cable engaged with and operable by the windlass 10 forraising and lowering the lamps for the purposes hereinbefore set forth,it being understood that the lamps will in their travel and owing totheir engagement with the guides 21 move steadily and evenly. Aside fromthese differences the construction and operation of the device areidentical with that hereinbefore described, it being obvious thatthrough these differences the construction as a whole is brought to asomewhat higher state of perfection.

From the foregoing it is apparent that I produce a simple eflicientsignal admirably adapted for the attainment of the ends in view, itbeing understood that minor changes in the details herein disclosed maybe resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1.In a railway-signal, the combination with a support, a light, an armpivoted on the support and having a hub, operating means for the armengaging the hub, projections carried by the hub, and braces connectedto said projections and the support.

2. In a railway-signal, a casing provided with a bulls-eye, an armpivoted on the outside of the casing, a hub carried by the arm,operative means connected to the hub, projections carried by the hub,and braces connected to said projections and the casing.

8. In a railway-signal, a casing provided withabulls-eye, an arm pivotedon the outside of the casing, a hub carried by the arm, operative meansfor the arm connected to the hub, means arranged on the casing forguiding said operative means, projections carried by the hub, and bracesconnected to said projections and the casing.

a. In a railway-signal, a casing provided with openings, a plurality ofsemaphore-arms pivoted to the casing and provided with bullseyesdesigned to register with the openings, said casing also provided withguides, and lamps traveling on said guides.

5. In a railway-signal, a casing provided with openings, a plurality ofsemaphore-arms pivoted to the casing and provided with bullseyesdesigned to register with the openings, said casing also provided withguides, lamps traveling on said guides, and operative means for saidlamps.

6. In a railway-signal, a casing provided with a plurality ofvertically-spaced openings, a plurality of semaphore-arms pivoted to thecasing each adjacent one of said openings and provided with bulls-eyesdesigned to register with said openings, guides arranged inside of saidcasing, and a plurality of lamps operatively related to said guides andadapted to be brought respectively into alinement with the openings.

7. In a railway-signal, a casing provided with a plurality ofvertically-spaced openings, a plurality of semaphore-arms pivoted to thecasing each adjacent one of said openings and provided with bulls-eyesdesigned to register with said openings, guides arranged inside of saidcasing, a plurality of lamps traveling upon said guides, an endlesscable carrying the lamps, and a Windlass for raising and lowering thelamps through the medium of said cable.

8. In a railway-signal, a casing provided with openings, guides arrangedwithin the casing, a series of lamps having engagement with said guides,and operative means for the lamps.

9. In a railway-signal, a casing provided with a plurality ofvertically-spaced openings, a plurality of lamps within the casing andadapted to be brought respectively into alinement with the openings, aplurality of semaphore-arms pivoted to the casing each adjacent one ofthe openings and provided with bulls-eyes designed to register with thelatter.

10. In a railway-signal, a casing provided with a bulls-eye opening, asemaphore pivoted upon the casing and provided with a bullseye adaptedto register with the opening, said casing also provided with a pair ofoppositelydisposed vertical guides, and a series of lamps operativelyrelated to said guides.

11. In a railway-signal, a casing provided with a bulls-eye opening, asemaphore pivoted upon the casing and provided with a bullseye adaptedto register with the opening, said casing provided also with guides, andlamps traveling on said guides.

12. In a railway-signal, a casing provided with a bulls-eye opening, asemaphore pivoted upon the casing and provided with a bullseye adaptedto register with the opening, said casing provided also with guides, andlamps having recesses for sliding engagement with said guides.

13. In a railway-signal, a casing provided with a bulls-eye opening, asemaphore pivoted upon the casing and provided with a bullseye adaptedto register with the opening, said casing also provided with guides,lamps traveling on said guides, and operative means for said lamps.

14:. In a railway-signal, a casing provided with a bulls-eye opening, asemaphore pivoted upon the casing and provided with a bullseye adaptedto register with the opening, said casing also provided with guidesarranged on the interior thereof, lamps traveling upon CHAS. M. MOGEHEE.

Witnesses:

H. CARTER REDD, J. W. OBRIEN.

